in advance of sandy's arrival. that gives the state flexibility in calling out the national guard. >> their number one job is to make sure emergency responders like police, fire and medical, are able to do their jobs. our team coverage continues with 11 news david collins who has more on how local jurisdictions are getting ready for this storm system. >> hurricane sandy, the super storm, franken storm. it has lots of names but one potentially devastating consequence depending on the path it takes. >> we do not know exactly what the storm will do but we know it's coming to baltimore county and will have a severe impact. >> the concern we have is the duration of it. which would continue through thursday. >> the baltimore county emergency operation center opens sunday. emergency equipment including vehicles and generators have been inspected. officials will provide county residents realtime updates through twitter. baltimore city emergency planners are going through a similar checklist. >> to see if there's gaps in co